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033 00 $a18621119
040 $aBRL
099 $aMs.A.9.2 v.31, p.26B
100 1 $aHesse, Augustus,$dd. 1867.
245 10 $a[Letter to] Miss Deborah Weston$h[manuscript].
260 $aCamp Barry, Washington, D.C.,$cNovember 19th, 1862.
300 $a1 leaf (2 p.) ;$c7 1/8 x 4 1/2 in.
500 $aHolograph, signed.
500 $aIn this letter, Augustus Hesse wrote: "Herewith I informe [sic] you and my Wife, that we got Marching Order, but we do not know where to--" He requests that Deborah Weston not send him the box now, until he knows more about their movements. Hesse said: "They say a great Battle is going on--all the Boys are in great spirits and eager to fight." Hesse ends the letter with this thought: "I shall not forget you even in the hotest Battle."
500 $aThe battle mentioned in this letter is the Battle of Fredericksburg.
600 10 $aWeston, Deborah,$db. 1814$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aHesse, Augustus,$dd. 1867$vCorrespondence.
650 0 $aAntislavery movements$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aWomen abolitionists$zMassachusetts$zBoston$y19th century$vCorrespondence.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865.
655 0 $aLetters.
655 0 $aManuscripts.
700 1 $aWeston, Deborah,$db.1814$erecipient.
830 0 $aDeborah Weston Correspondence (1830-1879)
999 $ashots: 3